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decided that Bruno and I should stay and keep 

 house, while Julius made the trip alone " light 

 weight." 



I had some trouble in persuading Julius that 

 I should be perfectly safe in Bruno's care. He 

 wished us to close the cottage, and go to some 

 one of the many pleasant boarding-places, where 

 we had friends or acquaintances stopping. This 

 I should certainly have done, had I been alone ; 

 but I reminded Julius how more than able 

 Bruno was to take care of me, and how much 

 trouble he always gave in a strange house. So 

 he was finally persuaded that it would be best 

 for us to stay in the cottage. 



Julius left on a noon train, carrying only a 

 small hand-bag. When he said good-by to us, 

 he impressed this on Bruno's mind, " Take 

 good care of Judith." 



Bruno stood at the door with me, watching 

 him out of sight, then breathed a deep sigh, 

 and crept off under the bed to have it out with 

 himself alone and unseen. I busied myself 

 picking up the articles which had been scattered 

 in the confusion of packing, then sat down to 

 drown thought in a book. 



Towards evening I had a caller. One of our 

 friends, who had seen Julius, bag in hand, at 



